The analysis of epidemioiogical and clinical characteristics of 67 clinical cases of adult-measles
- VernacularTitle:成人麻疹67例临床分析
- Author:
Ben-Fu LIU
;
Bi-Cheng FAN
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Measles;
Epidemiology;
Clinical characteristics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2006;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of adult-measles.Methods The clinical data of 67 patients with adult-measles were retrospectively analyzed.Results In summary,67 pa- tients with measles were involved in this study,with 39 males and 28 females.The gender rate was 1.39:1 and the average age was about 32 years old.There were 39 peasants and 28 workers & officials of 67 patients.The peak of the incidence of disease emerged in April and June(40.3%),especially from November 2000 to October 2004 (67.2%),and the positive rate of measles virus IgM antibody in serum was 95.1%(39/41).There were 58 patients (86.6%)who had the fever beyond 39℃and 18 patients(26.9%)who had measles induced viral hepatitis.Con- clusions There is a trend that measles may be related to the nonstandard inoculation of measles vaccine of the de- crease of IgM antibody levels and so on.Meanwhile,serious toxemic symptoms and liver damage can be clinically ob- served.
